Baseball: USA shuts down West Central 12-0

The Upsala-Swanville Area (USA) baseball team scored in every inning and senior Tom Ripplinger tossed his second consecutive one-hit shutout, leading the Patriots to a 12-0 demolition of West Central Area, Tuesday.

USA jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first and didn’t look back in the five-inning road win.

Junior Colten Kruzel and sophomore Eric Lampert each had a pair of hits to lead the Patriots, with Kruzel recording two runs, RBIs and stolen bases.